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The Late Night Linux Family
All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Dev Time, Linux After Dark, 2.5 Admins, Hybrid Cloud Show, and Ask The Hosts.
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Dec 3, 2023 • 24min
Linux Downtime – Episode 86
Kevin joins us to talk about the hype that surrounds some programming languages like Rust and Python, how some languages like Java went out of fashion, and why the likes of PHP never saw much hype at all. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.
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Nov 30, 2023 • 30min
2.5 Admins 171: RSA PSA
Why a small island nation’s top level domain ended up with such a terrible reputation, an ssh vulnerability that’s not as scary as it sounds, whether software can be “finished”, and using powerline or WiFi for security cameras.
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News
How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime
Passive SSH server private key compromise is real … for some vulnerable gear
Feedback
The beauty of finished software
Free Consulting
We were asked about using powerline or WiFi for security cameras.
Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a
The Traceroute Podcast
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Nov 28, 2023 • 30min
Linux Matters 17: Bottom is the new Top
In this episode:
B is for Bottom in Martin’s A-Z of Modern Unix.
Alan takes Asahi Linux for a test drive on an M1 Macbook using Ubuntu Asahi.
Mark continues his adventures integrating his static blog with the Fediverse.
We also mentioned owncast for self-hosting live streams, which also has deep Fediverse integration.
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Nov 27, 2023 • 29min
Late Night Linux – Episode 257
An improvement to apt, a quick terminal tip, reverse-engineering Bluetooth devices with Android, an M1 Macbook Asahi update, a self-hosted way to bypass paywalls, making native apps out of web pages, bridging Zigbee devices to MQTT, a terrible way to back up photos and videos from a phone, Félim learns about HDMI standards, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.
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nala
btsnoop logs in Android
zigbee2mqtt
ladder
pake
Entroware
This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.
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Nov 24, 2023 • 20min
Linux After Dark – Episode 57
Our memories of early positive experiences show us how communities have changed over the years, and the best ways to keep the experience positive these days.
Late Night Linux Family communities
Practical ZFS
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Nov 23, 2023 • 29min
2.5 Admins 170: Uninterruptible WiFi
Why and how Allan installed a set of new Power over Ethernet wireless access points, and our hardware recommendations for a media server and NAS in one.
Allan’s new WiFi setup
Access points
Controller
Free Consulting
We were asked for hardware recommendations for a media server and NAS in one.
HelloFresh
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Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a
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Nov 21, 2023 • 29min
Late Night Linux – Episode 256
A new version of the Steam Deck looks to be a nice improvement, Amazon’s new Linux-based OS is probably bad news for Fire TV hackers, great news for GNOME, Signal tells us how expensive it is to run its service, GitHub goes all in on Copilot, our speculation about the OpenAI drama, and a mini KDE Korner. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.
News
Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more
Valve says it has sold ‘multiple millions’ of Steam Decks
Amazon has begun replacing Android with its own software on some products
GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure
Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot
Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Mini KDE Korner
HDR Support merged in kwin, Breeze overhaul and Presentation mode & LOTS of bugfixes & updates
Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/latenightlinux
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Nov 19, 2023 • 22min
Linux Downtime – Episode 85
There’s a meme that software developers should be forced to use low end hardware to experience what it’s like to be a real user. So what hardware should devs actually use to test their software? How does this differ for GUI and CLI applications? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.
HelloFresh
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Nov 16, 2023 • 31min
2.5 Admins 169: SDCoF
A Cloudflare outage shines a light on sloppy data center practices, and why you shouldn’t run a mail server at home. Plus followup on the Android multi-user bug, package managers on Windows, and Toshiba hard drives.
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News/discussion
Cloudflare claims Flexential data center outage was behind service disruption – DCD
Post Mortem on Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage
Android 14’s storage disaster gets patched, but your data might be gone
Feedback
winget
Toshiba Consumer Internal Hard Disk Drives
Free Consulting
We were asked about running a mail server at home.
“Run Your Own Mail Server” chapter 0
HelloFresh
With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get free breakfast for life at hellofresh.com/25adminsfree with code 25adminsfree. (One breakfast item per box while subscription is active).
Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

Nov 14, 2023 • 30min
Linux Matters 16: Blogging to the Fediverse
In this episode:
Mark is publishing blog posts to the Fediverse with help from Seb Jambor’s ActivityPub.academy and Paul Kinlan’s blog.
Martin is writing Rust code without knowing Rust.
Alan is Resurrecting a NextCloud Box and using it for something new.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join:
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